Improvement in water-closets



AcoNRoNj WATER CLOSET.

'11o.95,oo1. l Patented sept 21, 1869.

dilated: giedre N '1 stent ilimf Letters Patent No. 95,001, datedSeptember 21, 1869; antcdated September 8, 186i).

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-CLOBETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letter! Patent und making part of thesame.,

lTo all whom 'it may concern Be it known that AI, GEORGE CONBON, of the'city and c ounty of New York, andState ofA New York,

have invented a ynew' andimproved Tater-Closet;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of thisspecilication, in which- Fgure 1 isa vertical section through line xx'of Fgure 2 is a vertical section through line y y of Figure 3 is aplan.

Figure 4 is a perspective view.

This invention is animprovement ou that for which Letters Patent werepreviously granted me, and the object of it is to provide a substantialand convenient apparatus for a water-closet, which will keep' itselfthoroughly cleansed, and will not overflow, and will operate as a trapto prevent the lescape of noxious Vgases from the pipes.

In the drawings- A represents the boivl;

B, a water-reservoir containing a. float; v

G, the valve-box;

D, the water-supply pipe; and

E, the discharge-pipe.

'lhe' supply-pipe is provided with-a hranch,D',

' which extends into the bowl near the top.

At the point where the branch leaves the main pipe a globe-valve, I, isplaced, which, `when the reservoir is sufficiently full, will be seatedby the action of a oat, Il, pivot-ed at f, and connccted by an arm, f',to a. plunger, G, that slides ill-the pipe, thef pa1ts all beingarranged and operating as will be` clearly undex-stood by reference tolig. A2. f l

J is aglobe-valve, which closes the discharge-pipe E by seating upon itstop, as seen in'fig. 1.

This valve can beraised and opened by means of a handle, H, projectingup through the top ofthe valvebox C.

The valve-stem is a hollow rod or pipe, K, open at both ends, andextending up as far as itis de signed that the watershall rise, beingfrom its upper -end connected to the` handle H by means of a rod, h.

tion. of my apparatus I generally arrange them so that the water shallfirst waste through the hollow A#valve-eterni then, if that does notsufficiently discharge it, through the pipe L, aud lastly' through thepipeO.

Ido not intend, however, to limit myself to this arrangement, but mayuse any other that will answer as well.

The bowl and valve-chamber are connected by the pipe or passage A',shown clearly in iigsll and 2.

The reservoir and valve-chamber are likewise con nected by a short pipe,M, seen in gs. 3 and 4.

The operation of my improved device is as-follows Upon raising thehandle H, the discharge-pipe E is opened, and the contents of the -liowlA escape, together with the contents' of the valve-chamber C.

The water from reservoir B immediately pours through the pipe M into thedischarge-pipe E, adding to the volumeof liquids already discharged, andtending greatly to cleanse the chambers C and A, and .the passagebetween them.

As soon as a sufficient quantity of water has escaped from the reservoirto the lower iioat F, the water in pipe 1), acting under a considerablehead, forces open the valve I, and rushes into the bowl A, aud thencethrough the pipe A' into the reservoir B, thereby, at one and the sameinstant, thoroughly washing the bowl and passage A', and afterward'fillin'g the reservoir again.

The valve J being closed again, the apparatus is ready for renewedoperation.

' The. valve J should be held open long enough to permit the water tothoroughly cleanse the howl and reservoir, and afterwards refill thelatter.

" After the valve has been closed the water will contin'ue to tlowthrough pipe A' into valve-chamber C, and thence, through branch-pipe M,`into the reservoir, the closing otvalve I being entirely imlependent ofthe closing of valve J, and depending only upon the height 'of water inreservoir B.

rlhe whole apparatus is simple, and the parts are constructed to operatein such a manner that they are not liable to get1 out of order in anyway.

The volumeof water discharged is amply suliicient to keep the bowl andchambers perfectly cleansed at all times.

When not in use the valve Jpseats by its own weight, and prevents theescape of noxious gases and odors from the soil-pipe E.'

The apparatus is easily and convenientlyr operated,

as will be readily understood Afrom the above description.

The arrangement is such as lto secure great compactness and economy ofspace and material.

Having thus dese'ribed my invention, A Y bowl A, and geservor B,substantiallyas and for the What I claim as new, and desire insecure byLetp'urposes specied. ters Paten1,s- 3. The arrangement of thewaste-pipes K, L, and

1. The'-- an'angemeut .of the bowl, 4rex'iervot', and O, substantiallyasand for the purpose described. valve-e hanmbe1j,.'substamiallyas shown,and for the- GEORGE-CONRON. purposes 'speeiei Witnesses 2. The amngementofthe pipe D, branch D', OHAB. A. Primi', globe-valve I, plunger G, annf', pivot f,-oat '11, HARRY M. PHILLIPS.

